A talented but troubled Edo Period swordsman, Kanemi Sanzaemon. Three years earlier, Kanemi killed a woman, Renko, the corrupt mistress of the powerful daimyo Tabu Ukyou. Unexpectedly, Kanemi received a lenient sentence for his crime and is allowed to return to his clan after only one year of imprisonment. Following his return, Kanemi is faced with the death of his wife, Mutsue. Thereafter, Kanemi lives with and cares for his wife's niece, Satoo, who has secret affections for Kanemi and expresses them by helping change his bleak outlook on life. Meanwhile, Kanemi's develops his unique "bird-catching" sword technique which he will soon put to test in battle for the first time against the fearsome swordsman, Hayatonosho Obiya.

Late 18th-century Joseon dynasty. The King is beleaguered and surrounded by traitors of the ruling e...

Nathan Algren is an American hired to instruct the Japanese army in the ways of modern warfare, whic...

Two lost souls visiting Tokyo -- the young, neglected wife of a photographer and a washed-up movie s...

Story of a young woman who marries a fascinating widower only to find out that she must live in the ...

Blind traveler Zatoichi is a master swordsman and a masseur with a fondness for gambling on dice gam...

Amagi Goe, based on Seicho Matsumoto's novel, has created numerous stars through its visualizations....

In the years before World War II, a penniless Japanese child is torn from her family to work as a ma...

A corrupt cop gets in over his head when he tries to assassinate a beautiful Russian hit-woman.

An expedition in the South Pacific lands on a tropical island where the natives worship the mysterio...

A rebellious ninja in 17th century Japan takes refuge with a fisherman and his family.

An ever evolving alien life-form arrives on a comet from the Dark Gaseous Nebula and proceeds to con...

Mothra's dark counterpart, Battra, emerges to eliminate humanity on behalf of the Earth. Two tiny fa...

A mysterious extraterrestrial being resembling Godzilla rapidly approaches Earth. The monster, dubbe...

In an alternate timeline the original Godzilla is never defeated and repeatedly reemerges to feed on...

Mothra and her fairies return to Japan to warn mankind that they must return Kiryu to the sea, for t...

A pair of down-on-their-luck swordsmen arrive in a dusty, windblown town, where they become involved...

Taking the Chilean coup as an example, a group of young officers plan to overthrow the Japanese gove...

Originally released in Japan as "The Return of Godzilla" in 1984, this is the heavily re-edited, re...

Inventor Goro Ibuki creates a humanoid robot named Jet Jaguar. It is soon seized by an undersea race...

Rick, a down-and-out American boxer, is hired to transport a sword to Japan, unaware that the whole ...